cocles
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cocles, Coclitis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
one-eyed person; Horatius (who kept Etruscans from Subician bridge);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...adhuc dolebas, Fabricium non posse corrumpi. ' (7) Horatius Cocles solus impleuit pontis angustias adimique a tergo sibi reditum..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...similem similemque minanti aspiceres, pontem auderet quia vellere Cocles et fluvium vinclis innaret Cloelia ruptis. in summo custos..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...paene hostibus dedit, ni unus vir fuisset, Horatius Cocles; id munimentum illo die fortuna urbis Romanae habuit..."